.autos

Overview

• .autos is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) created through ICANN's New gTLD Program.
• The applicant and registry operator is Dominion Enterprises (DERAutos, LLC).
• The TLD is intended for use by the automotive industry and related services.

History

• Dominion Enterprises applied for .autos under ICANN's New gTLD Program.
• A Registry Agreement between Dominion Enterprises and ICANN was signed on 09 January 2014.
• .autos was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 22 May 2014.
• The registry backend is listed as Afilias.
• The .autos application had competitors for a related string: four other applicants applied for .auto.

Usage and Audience

• Target users include automotive dealers, specialty-vehicle sellers, automotive marketers and related industry participants.
• Dominion described an existing customer and traffic base in its application: more than 17 million average monthly visitors and 279 million average monthly page views across its sites, indicating an initial audience drawn from Dominion's existing network of auto dealers and clients.

Registration Rules

• The application identified at least two registration-related policies intended for adoption prior to launch:
  • A DMCA takedown policy addressing copyrighted material within the .autos gTLD.
  • A Rights Protection Mechanism (RPM) to allow trademark owners to challenge domain names initially reserved by the registry (modeled after dotAsia Pioneer Policies).
• At launch, registrants were expected to be drawn from Dominion's existing clients; the application noted these policies would likely require amendments when registrations expand beyond those clients.
• No specific eligibility criteria, registration periods, or character set rules are detailed in the provided source.

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domain:       AUTOS

organisation: XYZ.COM LLC
address:      4425 Spring Mountain Rd., Suite 2
address:      Las Vegas NV 89102
address:      United States of America (the)

contact:      administrative
name:         General Counsel
organisation: XYZ.COM LLC
address:      4425 Spring Mountain Rd., Suite 2
address:      Las Vegas NV 89102
address:      United States of America (the)
phone:        +1 702 757 6555
e-mail:       hello@xyz.com

contact:      technical
name:         CTO
organisation: CentralNic
address:      Saddlers House, 4th Floor
address:      44 Gutter Lane
address:      London EC2V 6BR
address:      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
phone:        +44 20 33 88 0600
fax-no:       +44 20 33 88 0601
e-mail:       tld.ops@centralnic.com

nserver:      A.NIC.AUTOS 194.169.218.136 2001:67c:13cc:0:0:0:1:136
nserver:      B.NIC.AUTOS 185.24.64.136 2a04:2b00:13cc:0:0:0:1:136
nserver:      C.NIC.AUTOS 212.18.248.136 2a04:2b00:13ee:0:0:0:0:136
nserver:      D.NIC.AUTOS 212.18.249.136 2a04:2b00:13ff:0:0:0:0:136
ds-rdata:     61492 8 2 34f530b8473fa65a88c5f81552efad281321445f6dc77ed685e06071bb56f0dd
ds-rdata:     54470 8 2 0987b3830036cbc40b69d253f16e81ea74dd9dbfb981a0c8c21b93d64d2ba35b

whois:        whois.nic.autos

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: http://nic.autos

created:      2014-05-01
changed:      2025-08-12
source:       IANA